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Why This Mom Always Asks Permission From Her Baby Before Picking Him Up

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When you have a baby, your instinct is to pick up your baby and hold them close. Baby needs mom especially, and in close contact. Babies need to feel his parents’ love and affection in the form of hugs and cuddles.

Most mothers will likely pick up their babies without thinking about it and as and when they need, whether they are hungry, or crying, or just need to be held.

A new parenting trend urges parents to ask their own babies for consent before picking them up.

Say what?

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Mom asks baby for consent to hold him

Maria Lianos-Carbone is owner of amotherworld.com, a leading lifestyle blog for women. Her first book, "Oh Baby! A Mom's Self-Care Survival Guide for the First Year" will be published Spring 2018.
Follow Maria on Instagram @amotherworld.